Is there a greener way to rank successful economies?
Many blame our obsession with economic growth as being one of the biggest drivers of climate change. The United Nations is currently looking at options for what might replace Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the world\u2019s primary go-to indicator of success, taking into account factors including sustainability and the natural environment. If this happens, it would be the biggest shift in how economies are measured since nations first started using GDP in 1953, 70 years ago.
Presenter Graihagh Jackson is joined by:\nEhsan Masood, author, science journalist and an editor at the journal, Nature;\nDiane Coyle, economist and Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge;\nAdil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University;\nFouty-Boulanga Mouleka, on-the-ground reporter in Gabon
Producer: Ben Cooper\nResearchers: Matt Toulson, Pierre-Antoine Denis, Bethan Ashmead-Latham and Laura Cain\nSeries Producer: Alex Lewis\nEditor: China Collins\nSound engineer: Tom Brignell\nProduction Coordinators: Siobhan Reed and Sophie Hill